Great DRG theme, visuals and sound
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“best graphics on a rogue like/vampire survivors style game imo”
Steam review · 143.2 h played ↗
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Funday Games2025Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Bullet Hell
$12.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $7.79
The verdict
A polished, addictive Vampire Survivors-style roguelite with a mining twist and strong Deep Rock charm. Skip it if you dislike heavy meta-progression grind, hard high hazards, or want co-op.
Great for
Survivors-like fans and DRG lovers who enjoy long grinds, short sessions and Steam Deck play
Main risk
Repetitive grind with small stat upgrades and steep difficulty spikes at Hazard 4-5
What changed in the last 30 days
98 recent reviews
Recent negatives mention performance drops, save loss and crashes, plus grind complaints. Some positive reviewers also blame the DLC for crashes and bugs. Moderate confidence.
98 recent reviews
What players love
Addictive, replayable gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It’s the kind of game where you tell yourself “just one more run” and suddenly hours have flown by.”
Steam review · 86.2 h played ↗
Among the best survivors-likes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Best game in this genre I've ever played.”
Steam review · 401.4 h played ↗
Varied weapons, classes and builds
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“it has a lot of fun weapons and the overclocks completely change how u use them”
Steam review · 37.6 h played ↗
Great on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Most of my time with this game is actually on the SteamDeck, where it works flawlessly.”
Steam review · 24.3 h played ↗
Mining adds depth to the genre
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The mining mechanics are really interesting for a genre, you get to outsmart the swarms a lot with it.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Endless, grindy meta-progression
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“You will be replaying the same missions over and over and over and over and over and over again for a marginal 1-2% stat increase on a single weapon/class/biome.”
Steam review · 280.2 h played ↗
Shallow builds, bland upgrades, weak balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Almost all the upgrades are boring-ass flat boosts like "+5% attack speed", "+10% faster reload", "+15% dmg"”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗
Repetitive, samey runs and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“All the runs feel pretty much the same. Once you've played a couple times you don't really see much more.”
Steam review · 27.5 h played ↗
Brutal difficulty spikes at high hazards
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it's horrendous difficulty spike after Hazard 2. Balance of equipment&upgrades vs enemies dmg&hp is totally out of whack.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Performance problems and stutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“10-12 fps already in the first waves, with drops to 4 fps.”
Steam review · translated · 32.8 h played ↗
Crashes, save loss and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“get a message that basically says, "Your save file is corrupt. We tried to save it but failed. Sorry!"”
Steam review · 52.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support2 GB
Minimum
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 or similar
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 1050 or similar
Storage2 GB available space
OSWin 10
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 or similar
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 1050 or similar
Storage2 GB available space
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